blocher

Claim 1

A STORAGE SYSTEM FOR STORING A BINARY DATA COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF STORAGE BANKS EACH OF SAID BANKS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF STORAGE REGISTERS, EACH OF SAID STORAGE REGISTERS COMPRISING A MULTIVIBRATOR BIASED TO HAVE BI-STABLE CONDUCTING CONDITIONS, MEANS CONNECTING BINARY DATA INPUT SIGNALS TO EACH OF SAID MULTIVIBRATORS FOR CONTROLLING ITS CONDUCTING CONDITION, MEANS CONNECTING A FEEDBACK VOLTAGE FROM THE OUTPUT TO THE INPUT OF EACH OF SAID MULTIVIBRATORS FOR MAINTAINING A MULTIVIBRATOR IN THE CONDUCTING CONDITION TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN CONTROLLED AND THEREBY STORING DATA, TRANSFER MEANS FOR SAID STORAGE REGISTERS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA FROM STORAGE REGISTERS IN ONE STORAGE BANK TO STORAGE REGISTERS IN A SUCCEEDING STORAGE BANK, A PLURALITY OF CONTROL MEANS HAVING BI-STABLE CONDUCTING CONDITIONS, MEANS BIASING SAID CONTROL MEANS TO AN INITIAL CONDUCTING CONDITION, ONE CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL TO THE TRANSFER MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH A STORAGE BANK, THE OUTPUT OF EACH STORAGE REGISTER IN EACH BANK BEING CONNECTED IN PARALLEL TO SAID CONTROL MEANS, A STORAGE REGISTER HAVING DATA STORED THEREIN PROVIDING AN OUTPUT TO SHIFT SAID CONTROL MEANS TO ITS SECOND CONDUCTING CONDITION, AND SAID CONTROL MEANS WHEN IN ITS SECOND CONDUCTING CONDITION PROVIDING AN OUTPUT TO SAID TRANSFER MEANS TO INHIBIT THE TRANSFER OF ADDITIONAL DATA TO ANY STORAGE REGISTER IN A STORAGE BANK HAVING A STORAGE REGISTER IN WHICH DATA IS STORED.